Anthony frank barro



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. A. F. BARRO.

GAR FENDER.

No. 595,869. Patented Deo.21,189'7.

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A. F. BARRO.

I GAR FENDER.

No. 595,869. Patented Deo. 21,1897.

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A. F. BARRO. GAR FENDER.

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WITNESSES: INVENTOR MQ/LM@ y WWW UNITED STATES- PATENT FFICE.

ANTHONY FRANK BARRO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CAR-FENDER'.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 595,869, dated December 21, 1897.

v Application filed. May 17, 1897. Serial No. 636,871. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY FRANK BARRO, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of 1354 Vanderbilt avenue, city of New York, county and Stat'e of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Fenders, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to that class -of carfenders which may be termed automatic that is to say, it is automatically brought intoplay by contact with an obj ect in the path of a car to which it is attached without the assistance or cooperation of the car attendant.

My invention consists in a device having horizontallyedisposed swinging arms mounted in a tilting frame and adapted to be tripped by the movement of an auxiliary frame in convenient relative position thereto; in a tension device for regulating the rapidity and force of the movement of the swinging arms when forced together by a spring or its'equivalent; in a device for holding and tripping the tilting frame, and in an improved method of attaching and detaching the car-fender as a whole from the car-body; and my invention also consists in further details of improvement and construction, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

The object ofIny invention is to automatically grasp an object or person in the path of movement of the car and coming in contact with the fender and then to raise same clear out of harms way.

I will now proceed to describe in detail a car-fender embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a street-car havingmy improved car-fender attached. to one end of same, the parts thereof being in the position they occupy after having been operated. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side elevation of my improved 'car-fender detached from the car with the parts set in their position ready for operation. Fig. 3 is a plan view of same. Fig. 4 is a top View of a supporting-rail to be attachedv to each end of the car and which is adapted to support the fender. tion of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a cross-section on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal' central section on the line 7 7 of Fig. 3.

Similar reference-characters designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

1 designates an ordinary street-car having secured permanently on the under side of the platform at each end a supporting-rail 2. The supporting-rail is provided with slideways formed by overhanging rails 3, which are adapted'to engage with 'a track 4, secured to the fender 5. The front ends 6 of the supporting-rails are pivoted, as shown, so that they can'be closed out of the way when not in use, and thus will not project unduly beyond the rear of the car.

5 represents thefenderin its entirety. The

Fig. 5 is an end eleva- 5o said fender is made up of a rectangularframe having two horizontal arms 7, secured together by front and rear cross-pieces 8 and 9, upon which is mounted the auxiliary lframe and swinging arms and the sliding frame.

The sliding frame consists of two side pieces lO, a front cross-piece 11, and a rear crosspiece 12. The rear cross piece-'12 passes through and is guided byslots 13 in the horizontal arms 7 of the rectangular frame, and the side pieces 10 pass through and are guided vby perforations in the projecting ends of the front piece 8 of the said rectangular frame.

The swinging arms, which are here designated by the reference character 14, are, as shown, loosely mounted on a central support or bolt 15, secured to the tilting frame or plate 16.

The tilting frame 16 has secured thereto a cross-shaft 17, which extends between and is journaled in the horizontal side arms 7. This shaft 17 forms a trunnion the center of which is an aXis upon which theframe 16, carrying withit the swinging arms, is adapted to tilt or rock.

18 designates a yoke attached at both ends to the tilting frame and bridging over the swinging arms, and 19 19 are springs attached one at each of their ends to the rectangular frame and connected at their other ends by links 2O 2O to the yoke 18. The tendency of the springs 19 19 is at all times to rock the tilting frame about its axis to such position as is illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Vhen, however, the several parts of the fender are in such position as set ready for operation, the rear end of the tilting frame 16 rests upon the rear cross-piece l2 of the sliding frame, as clearly shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings,and is preventedfrom tilting thereby. This tiltingis further prevented bylugs 21 upon the front cross-piece 8 of the rectangular frame, which engage with corresponding lugs 22, secured to the under side of the swinging arms.

23 designates a spring interposed between the swinging arms 14 and an adj Listing-nut 2i and washer upon the bolt 15 and which serves as a tension device to regulate the force and rapidity of movement of the swinging arms.

25 25 are powerful springs secured to the tilting frame 1G at one of their ends and bearing at their free ends against the swinging arms. These springs tend to press the arms together in a direction as shown by the arrows in Fig. 3. The arms are kept apart in position, as shown in this figure, by lugs 26, secured on the under side of said arms and engaging with lugs 27 attached to the front poli'- tion of the sliding frame. These lugs are so arranged that they will not interfere with a longitudinal movement of the sliding frame, but upon such longitudinal movement will release the swinging arms, which will at once swing toward each other, being spring-pressed in such direction. The lugs 21 22` are so arranged, as will be more clearly understood by reference to Fig. 3 of the drawings, in which they are shown in dotted outline, that they will not interfere with the movement of the swinging arms in a horizontal plane, butwill hold the tilting frame from rocking, even though it may have been released by the sliding frame, until the said swinging arms have started to swing toward eachA other and thereby released the said lugs from engagement with each other.` As previously stated, the longitudinal movement of the sliding frame will also release the tilting frame and permit same to rock under spring-pressure. Thus it will be seen that when the parts are set, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3, and 7, and the fender is attached to the front of a car an object or person being in the path of movement of the car and striking the front of the sliding frame will force the same back and the swinging arms will be released. These will swing together and embrace the object or person,holding the same tightly in their grasp. The release and rocking of the tilting frame will cause the person or object to be then lifted clear of the road or track and out of' harms way. This is in a measure illustrated in Fig. 1, in which the fender is shown as having been tripped or operated bya man having been in the path of movement of the car, the form of the man being illustrated in dotted outline and shown as having been grasped by the arms and lifted clear out of harms way.

I have shown the swinging arms as being provided on their inside with flexible strips 28 28, which may be elastic and more clearly shown in Fig. 3, in order to prevent injury to the object seized.

I do not of course desire to limit myself to the exact details of construction as herein, as they may be obviously varied within wide limits without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

1. The combination in a car-fender of horizontally-arranged swinging arms, a framework upon which said arms are mounted, a sliding frame mounted, and arranged to slide in, and be guided by, said framework, said sliding frame being adapted under pressure to trip said swinging arms substantially as speci ed.

2. In a car-fender the combination of a tilting frame, horizontally-arranged Swingin g arms, mounted upon said tilting frame, and means for tripping said tilting frame and said swinging arms substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a car-fender the combination of a tilting frame, horizontally-arran ged swinging arms mounted upon said tilting frame, a sliding frame engaging said tilting frame and said swinging arms and adapted upon its movement to release said tilting frame and said swinging arms substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination with anar-fender of a supporting-rail secured to the car, the forward end of Said supporting-rail being hinged, and a track secured to the car-fender and adapted to engage the suppo rting-rail, substantially as specified.

5. In a car-fender the combination of a l tilting frame, horizontally-arrangedV swinging garnis normally held open against spring tension mounted upon said tilting frame, means 1for adjusting the force of movement of said yswinging arms, and means for automatically releasing said swinging arms substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a car-fender the combination of a tilting frame, and horizontally-arranged springpressed swinging arms mounted upon said tilting frame, with a sliding frame, lugs on said Sliding frame and upon said swinging arms whereby the movement of the sliding frame will release the swingingarms substantially as specified.

7. In a car-fender the combination of a tilting frame, horizontally-arranged springpressed swinging arms mounted upon said tilting frame, a sliding frame, lugs on said sliding frame engaging with lugs upon the swinging arms, whereby the movement of the IOO IIO

sliding frame will release the swinging rms, ence of two Witnesses, this 15th day of May;

and an engagement between the sliding fname 1897. and the tilting frame whereby the movement ANTHONY FRANK BARRO/ f of the former will cause the tilting of the lat- ,f l 51 ter substantially as specified. Witnesses:

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as D. HOWARD HAYWOOD,A my invention I have signed my name, in pres- HARRY MARSH. 

